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W. E. BUTLER.

CIGARETTE CASE.

. Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

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`WILLLtllT- H. BUTLER, OF BROOKLYN ,l ASSIGN OR TO THE KINEY TOBACCO COMPANY, OF NEVI YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,642, dated February 3,1885.

Application filed October 29, 1884.

T all whom) it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BUTLER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Brookf "lyn, county of Kings, and State of New York,

. tail trade, and which is also designed to afford a convenient pocket-receptacle for the cigarettes unt-1l the lot is consumed.

The details in the construction of the case, and also the manner of using the same, will be hereinafter so fully described and explained as to render a further preliminary description unnecessary to a proper understanding ofthe invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view ot' a case constructed according to the present invention, the cover being opened and the contents removed.. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, showing the case filled andthe cover closed. Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the cover opened. Fig. 4. is a cross section taken upon the line a: a' of Fig. 2; and Figs. 5 to 11, inclusive, illustrate modifications which will be hereinafter explained.

Referring to said. iigures, it is to be understood that the case therein shown consists, essentially, ofa tubular body, 15, one end of which is closed bya sliding bottom, 14, and the other end of which is provided with ahinged cover, 13. The several parts of the case may be made of paper, card-board, leather, or of any other suitable material which is sufficiently rigid to cause the case to maintain the proper shape. The tubular body 15 will preferable be of the form shown, but it may be round, oval, rectangular, polygonal, or of any other desired form in cross-section. The cover 13 is of suitable size and sha-pe to just fit into and close the end of the body 15, and is provided at one side with a flexible hinge, 2, of cloth or other suitable material, by which it is connected to the body in such manner that it can be turned up to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, or

(No model.)

down to the position shown in Fig.`2. The cover 13 may consist of a simple disk arranged to fit into the end of thetubular body, as shown in Fig. 2, or it may be provided with arim orl flange, 3, which is arranged to fit into the end ofthe body, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The sliding bottom 14 is shaped so as to conform to the interior of the body 15, but is made to tit loosely therein, so as to slide freely up and 6o down, and is provided around its edge with an inwardly or upwardly extending rim or iiange,

4, which is of such width as to prevent thebottom frourturning and thus wedging or becoming displaced. The body l5 is provided at its 65 bottom end with a stop, 5, which serves to prevent the bottom 14 from falling out of or being withdrawn from the body, and at a point near its top with a similar stop, 6, which engages with the rim or iiauge 4, so as to prevent the 7o bottom from being pushed out at the top end of the body. The stop 5 may consist ot' an inwardly-projecting bead or rib extending around a part or the whole of the circumference of the body, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, or 75 it may be formed by partly closing the end of the body, as shown in Fig. 7. an opening, '7, being provided, through which the user can pass one or more of his lingers to move the bottom 11..

rlhe manner of using the case just described is as follows: When it is desired to open the case to take out a cigarette, pressure will be applied to the bottom 1-1, so as to slide it and the cigarettes resting upon it upward in the body. As the cigarettes are moved upward they will abut against the cover 18, so as to raise it and open the ease, and the upward movement of the bottom being continued the ends of the cigarettes will be projected beyond 9o the body, as shown in Fig. 3, so that they can be readily withdrawn. To close the case the bottom let will be restored to its original position, as shown in Fig. 2, which may be done by simply removin the pressure from the bottom and allowing it to drop, or, if it should stick in the bod y, by pressing upon the ends of the cigarettes, after which the cover 13 can be readily closed down into the end of the body.

1t will be observed that the ease just deiro scribed is very simple in its construction, and can be produced at a very trilling cost, and

into contact with and raise the cover.

also that by reason of its peculiarities of construction theact of opening the case also brings the cigarettes into position to be readily withdrawn, which is a feature of great advantage and importance in a case of this character.

In conclusion, it is to be remarked that the construction hereinbefore described may be varied considerably without departing from the essential features of the invention. The Bange or rim 4 of the bottom 14 may be consderably wider than shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, if preferred. In fact, it may, if desired, be extended so as to be equal in width to the length of the cigarettes, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, and so that when the bottom 14 is raised the rim 4, instead of the cigarettes, will come When the rim 4 is made of such width as this, the stop 6 will be omitted,and one or both sides of the 'rim will preferably be cut away, as shown at 8, so as to leave the ends of the cigarettes exposed and enable them to be readily withdrawn when the bottom is raised. When the cover is provided with a flange, as 3, which ts inside the end of the body 15, the rim 4 will engage with this flange, instead of with the cover, and consequently may be made somewhat shorter. When the raising of the cover is not effected by the rim 4, and it is desired to have it opened without depending upon the pressure of the cigarettes against it for that purpose, the case may be provided with a tape,

to the bottom 14, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11. Vhen the cover is closed, the tape 9 will be drawn tightly against the back ofthe body, as shown in Fig. 10; but as soon as the bottom 14 is moved upward the strain upon the tape will draw the cover open and throw it back-to the position shown in Fig. 11. As soon as the bottom drops or is pushed back to its original position the tape 9 will become slack, so as to permit the cover to be closed.

Although the case hereinbefore described is especially adapted for cigarettes, yet it Will be found Well fitted for use as a receptacle for various other articles which it is desirable to put up in cases or packages of this character.'

lWhat I claim is- 1. The combination, with the tubular body 15, having the stops 5 6, vof the hinged cover 13, and the sliding bottom 14, having the rim 4, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with thetubular body 15, of the hinged cover 13, arranged to close into the ends of the body, and the sliding bottom 14, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the tubular body 15, ofthe hinged cover 13, sliding bottom 14, and the opening-tape 9, substantially as described. i

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. XVM. H. BUTLER.

Witnesses:

Roer. WIsEMAN, T. H. PALMER.

Itis hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 311,642, granted February 3, 1885, upon the application of William H. Butler, of Brooklyn, New York, for an improve ment in Cigarette-Gases,77 an error appears in the printed speoieation requiring oorreotion as follows: In line 58, page 2, the Word f ends 7 should read @m1,- and that the Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein to make it conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Ofee.

Signed, eountersigned, and sealed this 10th day oi' February, A. D. 1885.

[SEAL] M. L. JOSLYN,

loting Secretary of the Interior.

in Letters Patent No. 311,642.

Gountersigned BENJ. BUTTERWORTH,

Ooimmssioner 0j' Patents. 

